Pervez Musharraf Dies: Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf died at the age of 79 in a hospital in Dubai. He was troubled by heart and kidney problems for a long time. Musharraf may have been the most powerful person in Pakistan but he was born in India. Before partition, his family lived in Delhi.
Know 10 big things about him
- Musharraf was born on 11 August 1943 in Daryaganj area of Delhi. After partition, his entire family had gone to Pakistan.
- His father was a senior officer in the British Indian Army. Like his father, he also joined the Pakistan Army and rose to the highest rank in the army. He was one of those leaders who became the President after being the Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan.
- Pervez Musharraf was made the army chief by the then Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. After coming in command of the army, Musharraf conspired against India and tried to capture Kargil. However, the Indian Army had to face defeat.
- In 1999, he overthrew the democratically elected government in a military coup and ruled the country for 9 years. Initially he worked as the Chief Executive of Pakistan. Later in 2001, after the resignation of the then President Mohammad Rafiq Tarar, he himself became the President.
- In June 2001, Musharraf met the then Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee at a two-day conference held in Agra. The summit was unsuccessful as no agreement could be reached on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir.
- It was during Musharraf’s tenure that there was a terrorist attack on the Parliament of India in December 2001, in which 14 people were martyred. After this, the tension between the two countries had increased a lot.
- During the meeting of the United Nations General Assembly in 2003, Musharraf made an agreement between India and Pakistan to reduce tensions and stop hostile relations on the border. In 2004, during the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Jammu and Kashmir, he had announced to reduce the deployment of troops to reduce the tension on the border.
- Due to domestic and international pressure, Musharraf was forced to hold elections in Pakistan in 2008. After the election, he resigned from the post of President and went to Dubai along with his family.
- In 2010, he formed the ‘All Pakistan Muslim League’ and returned to Pakistan in 2013 to contest elections. On returning to the country, he had to face many cases including the murder of Benazir Bhutto and treason.
- In 2019, he was found guilty of treason for imposing emergency in the country. For this crime, the court sentenced him to death in his absence. This sentence was later canceled by the Lahore High Court.
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